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Any of the African leguminous trees of the genus Pericopsis (formerly Afrormosia), especially Pericopsis elata; the timber of these trees.
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The sweet, pulpy pods of the honey mesquite.
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Any of the South and Central American trees of the genus Carapa, especially Carapa guianensis.
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The California pepper tree (actually native to South America, not California) (Schinus molle).
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A giant vine native to South America (especially Banisteriopsis caapi), noted for its psychotropic properties.
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Alternative spelling of acai [Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.]
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Echinocystis lobata (wild cucumber)
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(Philippines) The Alexandrian laurel (Calophyllum inophyllum); a large evergreen tree often cultivated as an ornamental.
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The leaves of this tree, used in traditional medicine for hepatic troubles and genitourinary inflammation.
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Alternative form of bully tree [Sideroxylon spp.]
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A South American plant, Piper umbellatum (formerly Pothomorphe umbellata), with medicinal roots.
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Any of several Central American trees of the genera Libidibia or Croton.
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The latex of the tree Euphorbia cattimandoo.
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The irregular conk of this fungus, used in East European folk medicine to treat a number of conditions.
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Saussurea costus, a composite growing on the Himalayas in the vicinity of Kashmir, or its root.
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The tropical herb Eryngium foetidum, native to Mexico, Central America and South America but cultivated worldwide, used medicinally and in Caribbean cuisine.
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A yucca with edible fruit variously compared to dates or bananas, and native to the deserts of the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Yucca baccata
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The royal poinciana (Delonix regia), a showy tropical tree.
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Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
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Tephrosia lindheimeri (Lindheimer's hoarypea), of Texas.
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An Indian herb of the genus Tribulis, used in traditional medicine.
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Solanum vescum, the green kangaroo apple.
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Anamirta cocculus, a climbing plant of India and southeast Asia.
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Ocotea quixos, used as a spice.
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A West Indian melastomaceous shrub (Blakea trinervia), with showy pink flowers.
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A Himalayan herb related to the onion.
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A variety of African hibiscus, cultivated for the acid of its mucilage, Hibiscus sabdariffa.
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A tropical vine, of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd
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The flowering plant Magnolia guatemalensis
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Kalanchoe daigremontiana, a succulent plant native to Madagascar.
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The matrimony vine (Lycium barbarum).
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Alternative form of naras [(South Africa) A spiny shrub, Acanthosicyos horridus, growing in Namibia and the Kalahari Desert, or the melon-like fruit that it produces.]
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Solanum quitoense, a subtropical perennial plant from northwestern South America.
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Any of various trees of the genus Caryocar, a souari.
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Synonym of maca (“the plant Lepidium meyenii”)
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Grewia asiatica, a shrub or small tree native to southern Asia.
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Any of several evergreen plants, of the genus Chimaphila; the prince's pine; in particular, the umbellate wintergreen, Chimaphila umbellata.
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(South Africa) A shrub (Aspalathus linearis) from which a tisane (herbal tea) is made.
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The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophleum suaveolens), used by the natives as an ordeal poison in a process called sassywood, and also medicinally.
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A vining plant of Sumatra, whose leaves may be chewed with betel nuts or used medicinally to shrink the vagina after childbirth.
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Either of the tropical plants Couma macrocarpa and Couma utilis.
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A palm tree, Verschaffeltia splendida, native to the Seychelles.
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Crotalaria juncea, an East Indian leguminous plant yielding a fiber.
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The tree Zanthoxylum clava-herculis.
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The root of Xysmalobium undulatum, used in African traditional medicine.
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The Hawaiian lobelioid Brighamia insignis.
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(obsolete) A shrubby plant (Capraria biflora) having oblanceolate toothed leaves sometimes used in the West Indies as a substitute for tea.
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The Peruvian ground apple, Smallanthus sonchifolius
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